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Reckless Misfortune
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Author : Christopher Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Reckless Misfortune written by Christopher Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
"The First World War, or the Great War as known at the time, was fought over a century ago. Its pursuit by the European powers in 1914 was utterly reckless and its ending was of great consequential misfortune for humanity. Despite its enormity and global reach, four generations later it is neglected today in the United States. That is not the case in Europe and the Commonwealth nations, which extensively commemorated its centennial between 2014 and 2018 with elaborate and moving ceremonies and memorials. The European response has understood how the First World War shaped the future, giving rise to new ideologies, technologies and geo-political forces that fundamentally influenced the past century. Indeed, the First World War ended so badly that it spawned a more catastrophic global conflict in the Second World War just twenty years later, and cemented the ideological rifts across the planet that haunt us today. The reckless decision to wage a global conflict in 1914 by our great-grandparent generation impacted our lives and ways of perceiving the world across the century, even though that perception is now a clouded one in the United States. That is ironic, since the twentieth century was indeed "America's Century" in large part because of the First World War"--
The Long View
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Author : Elizabeth Jane Howard
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2016-02-25
The Long View written by Elizabeth Jane Howard and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with Fiction categories.
With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Observant and heartbreaking, written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship – as extraordinary as it is timeless. One of his secret pleasures was the loading of social dice against himself. He did not seem for one moment to consider the efforts made by kind or sensitive people to even things up: or if such notions ever occurred to him, he would have observed them with detached amusement, and reloaded more dice. In 1950s London, Antonia Fleming faces the prospect of a life lived alone. Her children are now adults; her husband Conrad, a domineering and emotionally complex man, is a stranger. As Antonia looks towards her future, the novel steadily moves backwards in time, tracing Antonia's relationship with Conrad to its beginning in the 1920s, through years of mistake and motherhood, dreams and war.
The Soldier S Story
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Author : Warren Lee Goss
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-02-24
The Soldier S Story written by Warren Lee Goss and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-24 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
A Union Captive Andersonville Belle Isle Florence Stockade Abridged Annotated
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Author : Warren Lee Goss
language : en
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
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A Union Captive Andersonville Belle Isle Florence Stockade Abridged Annotated written by Warren Lee Goss and has been published by BIG BYTE BOOKS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The first thing you'll notice about Warren Goss’ fluid and articulate writing is that he was an educated man. A teacher before the Civil War, he joined the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery as a sergeant. That he survived not one but two captures and incarcerations in the South is nothing short of miraculous. The heartbreak, horrendous conditions, escapes, recapture, false hopes, and death...always death...were enough to break any man. Many died from disease and the loss of a will to live. Warren Goss survived it all and spent the rest of his life writing about it. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
The Soldier S Story Of His Captivity At Andersonville Belle Isle And Other Rebel Prisons
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Author : Warren Lee Goss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
The Soldier S Story Of His Captivity At Andersonville Belle Isle And Other Rebel Prisons written by Warren Lee Goss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with Prisoners of war categories.
The Ethics Of Health Care Rationing An Introduction
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Author : Greg Bognar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-05
The Ethics Of Health Care Rationing An Introduction written by Greg Bognar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Philosophy categories.
Should organ transplants be given to patients who have waited the longest, or need it most urgently, or those whose survival prospects are the best? The rationing of health care is universal and inevitable, taking place in poor and affluent countries, in publicly funded and private health care systems. Someone must budget for as well as dispense health care whilst aging populations severely stretch the availability of resources. The Ethics of Health Care Rationing is a clear and much-needed introduction to this increasingly important topic, considering and assessing the major ethical problems and dilemmas about the allocation, scarcity and rationing of health care. Beginning with a helpful overview of why rationing is an ethical problem, the authors examine the following key topics: What is the value of health? How can it be measured? What does it mean that a treatment is "good value for money"? What sort of distributive principles - utilitarian, egalitarian or prioritarian - should we rely on when thinking about health care rationing? Does rationing health care unfairly discriminate against the elderly and people with disabilities? Should patients be held responsible for their health? Why does the debate on responsibility for health lead to issues about socioeconomic status and social inequality? Throughout the book, examples from the US, UK and other countries are used to illustrate the ethical issues at stake. Additional features such as chapter summaries, annotated further reading and discussion questions make this an ideal starting point for students new to the subject, not only in philosophy but also in closely related fields such as politics, health economics, public health, medicine, nursing and social work.
Reports Of Committees
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Author : United States. Congress. House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
Reports Of Committees written by United States. Congress. House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with United States categories.
Philosophical Enactment And Bodily Cultivation In Early Daoism
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Author : Thomas Michael
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-08-12
Philosophical Enactment And Bodily Cultivation In Early Daoism written by Thomas Michael and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with Religion categories.
In Philosophical Enactment and Bodily Cultivation in Early Daoism, Thomas Michael illuminates the formative early history of the Daodejing and the social, political, religious, and philosophical trends that indelibly marked it. This book centers on the matrix of the Daodejing that harbors a penetrating phenomenology of the Dao together with a rigorous system of bodily cultivation. It traces the historical journey of the text from its earliest oral circulations to its later transcriptions seen in a growing collection of ancient Chinese excavated manuscripts. It examines the ways in which Huang-Lao thinkers from the Han Dynasty transformed the original phenomenology of the Daodejing into a metaphysics that reconfigured its original matrix, and it explores the success of the Wei-Jin Daoist Ge Hong in bringing the matrix back into its original alignment. This book is an important contribution to cross-cultural studies, bringing contemporary Chinese scholarship on Daoism into direct conversation with Western scholarship on Daoism. The book also concludes with a discussion of Martin Heidegger's recognition of the position and value of the Daodejing for the future of comparative philosophy.
My Summer Of Love And Misfortune
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Author : Lindsay Wong
language : en
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date : 2020-06-02
My Summer Of Love And Misfortune written by Lindsay Wong and has been published by Simon Pulse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China. Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didn’t get into any colleges, and she has no idea who she is or what she wants to do with her life. She’s always felt torn about being Chinese-American, feeling neither Chinese nor American enough to claim either identity. She’s just a sad pizza combo from Domino’s, as far as she’s concerned. In an attempt to snap her out of her funk, Iris’s parents send her away to visit family in Beijing, with the hopes that Iris would “reconnect with her culture” and “find herself.” Iris resents the condescension, but even she admits that this might be a good opportunity to hit the reset button on the apocalyptic disaster that has become her life. With this trip, Iris expects to eat a few dumplings, meet some family, and visit a tourist hotspot or two. Instead, she gets swept up in the ridiculous, opulent world of Beijing’s wealthy elite, leading her to unexpected and extraordinary discoveries about her family, her future, and herself.
Misfortune
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Author : Wesley Stace
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-07-31
Misfortune written by Wesley Stace and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-31 with Fiction categories.
Lord Loveall, heretofore heirless lord of the sprawling Love Hall, is the richest man in England. He arrives home one morning with a most unusual package - a baby that he presents as the inheritor to the family name and fortune. In honor of his beloved sister, who died young, Loveall names the baby Rose. The household, relieved at the continuation of the Loveall line, ignores the fact that this Rose has a thorn...that she is, in fact, a boy. Rose grows up with the two servant children who are her only friends, blissfully unaware of her own gender, casually hitting boundaries at Love Hall's yearly cricket game and learning to shave even as she continues to wear more and more elaborate dresses. Until, of course, the fateful day when Rose's world comes crashing down around her, and she is banished from Love Hall as an impostor by those who would claim her place as heir.